councillor for Lake South in the 2017 local council elections.
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Fighting off competition from community radio across the country, Vectis Radio have been shortlisted in five categories. Details within
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Labour councillor, Richard Quigley, said he would be holding the cabinet member Debbie Andre to account over the unnecessary stress caused to families this week with the withdrawal of the food voucher scheme
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Passionate parents create video of a West Wight school to show Councillors how much would be lost if the school was closed. 'Why take the heart of a community out?' they ask.
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Isle of Wight support staff and teachers have expressed their "astonishment, disbelief and growing anxiety" over plans for primary pupils to return to school next week. More than 50 people have signed a letter to the IW council urging them to reconsider the plans
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The plans will go before the Isle of Wight council planning committee next week, with the full support of the Cabinet member for education
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The move to charge parents for both morning and afternoon seats on school buses, even if they only wanted one or the other, caused outrage across the Island.
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The early indications are that the proportion of students attaining a grade 4 or above in English and maths this year has improved from 55 per cent in 2018, to 60 per cent.
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Paul Brading says the move "ensures a strong, sustainable and robust educational offer is provided and secures a multi-million pound capital investment opportunity"
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Congratulations to the Isle of Wight Council’s director of children’s services, Steve Crocker, who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Demand for special school places is expected to rise in the coming years and this investment will allow significant changes to be made
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The former MP, who was also Schools Minister for Special Educational Needs, believes that parents shouldn’t have to fight for the right provision for their children
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Cllr Paul Brading called the organisation of the meeting shambolic, with parents forced to sit on the floor and it being revealed ‘nothing has changed since April’.
